Legislation:SBR/P001-003/Original text

Enacting clause, long and short titles

Be it enacted by the Grand Forum of All Citizens, as follows—

Proposition 001-003, Titles and Styles Act 2018

An Act to provide for the legal recognition of the honorific titles and styles that Citizens entitled to such may use.

Section A: General provisions

1. An ‘honorific title,’ (‘title’) refers to an honorific that should be affixed to the name of the person holding the title. It may be prefixed or suffixed; if suffixed, then the title should be separated from the name by a comma. Unless specified otherwise, the title is to be assumed to be prefixed.
2. A ‘style’ refers to a specific type of honorific used to address a person entitled to the style. When used with the name of the person entitled to the style, and if the style does not begin with the definite article, it should be prefixed and be separated from the name and title of the person. The style should itself be prefixed with a possessive pronoun of the gender of the person entitled to the style, with the first letter of such pronoun capitalised. e.g. a male Rector would be referred to as ‘His Serenity’ in the third person, or ‘Your Serenity’ in the first person.

Section B: Titles

1. The Rector is entitled to the title of ‘Rector.’
2. The spouse of the Rector is entitled to the title of ‘Consort.’
3. Minor Councillors are entitled to the title of ‘Councillor.’
4. Magistrates are entitled to the title of ‘Magistrate.’
5. Where an Office has an existing deputy Office, the holder of that deputy Office is entitled to the title of that Office, preceded by ‘Deputy,’ e.g. a Deputy Magistrate is entitled to the title of ‘Deputy Magistrate.’ Similarly, where an Office has an existing junior Office formed by prefixing ‘Under-’ to the name of that Office, the holder of that junior Office is entitled to the title of that Office, prefixed with ‘Under-,’ e.g. an Undermagistrate is entitled to the title of ‘Undermagistrate.’
6. Where a series of Offices sharing the same title have a ‘Chief’ Office holder, that Office holder may prefix their title for that Office with ’Chief,’ e.g. the Chief Magistrate is entitled to the title of ‘Chief Magistrate.’
7. Justices of the Senior Justicial Council are entitled to the title of ‘Justice.’
8. Ambassadors, Ambassadors at-Large, and Consuls are entitled to the titles given to them in P001-002 Section III.B.
9. Ordinary Citizens are entitled to use titles such as ‘Mr.,’ ‘Mrs.,’ ‘Miss,’ ‘Ms.,’ and any other appropriate and equivalent title for their gender.

Section C: Styles

1. The Rector is entitled to the style of ‘Serenity’, as are immediate members of the Rector’s family.
2. Minor Councillors are entitled to the style of ‘The Honourable,’ which may be abbreviated as ‘Hon.’
3. Magistrates are entitled to the style of ‘The Right Honourable,’ which may be abbreviated as ‘Rt. Hon.’ Undermagistrates and Deputy Magistrates are entitled to the style of ‘The Honourable.’
4. Justices of the Senior Justicial Council are entitled to the style of ‘Honour’.
5. Ambassadors, Ambassadors at-Large, and Consuls are entitled to the style of ‘Excellency.